Associate Editor, Publications

Publishing Professionals Network; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Historic New Orleans Collection seeks an associate editor, publications, to assist with editing and production of exhibitions and books. The role also supports administrative tasks to help the publishing program grow.

Responsibilities include editing content, coordinating with editors, designers and production staff, and helping with research and outreach efforts for new products such as audiobooks and e-books.

Qualifications

• Editing, writing, and researching skills required.
• Proficiency in MS Office and mastery of Chicago Manual of Style.
• Ability to collaborate and work independently; meet deadlines; pay attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Assist editor in editing exhibition content and text panels for accuracy and style.
• Support project manager for book projects and publications, coordinating with authors and designers.
• Help with office administration: inventory, packaging, and research related to program growth.

Skills

Editing

Writing

Researching

MS Office

Chicago Style

Teamwork

Independence

Deadlines

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in English

Journalism

History

American studies

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Teams

Wrike

Job description

Job Summary

The associate editor, publications, is responsible for assisting with the editing and production of exhibitions and books at the Historic New Orleans Collection. This position is also responsible for assisting with administrative and organizational tasks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. For HNOC exhibitions, timely and effectively:

• Assist senior exhibition editor in managing editorial communications and project workflows among curators, exhibition designers, media producers, registrars, preparators, and other members of the exhibition production team.
• Assist in editing exhibition content—including narrative development, text panels, object labels, multimedia storyboards, and data graphics—for accuracy, style, grammar, and punctuation.
• Assist senior exhibition editor in tracking workflows across multiple exhibition projects.

2. For HNOC publications and exhibition catalogs, timely and effectively:

• Assist project manager for selected book projects, managing communications among author, editors, designer, and production team.
• Assist in editing book manuscripts for accuracy, style, grammar, and punctuation.
• Assist in fact-checking and proofreading book manuscripts.
• Assist in procuring visuals for HNOC publications.

3. For office administration, timely and effectively:

• Assist managing editor in packaging and shipping of books for promotion and distribution.
• Assist managing editor in maintaining inventory of books and catalogs.
• Assist with research tasks related to the growth of the publishing program, including those related to community outreach and the development of products such as audiobooks and e-books.

Job Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, history, art history, American studies or a related field.

Experience:

Minimum of five years of experience in editing and/or publishing.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Comprehensive ability and skill in editing, writing, and researching.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and mastery of Chicago Manual of Style.
• Ability to work as part of a team and collaborate with others as well as demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Ability to be flexible and responsive to an evolving work environment.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Exceptional attention to detail.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite
• Familiarity with the Microsoft Teams environment
• Familiarity with Wrike or similar project management software

Working Conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to remain in a stationary position, move throughout the properties, operate a computer and other office machinery, and position self to work at workstation. The employee will sometimes need to lift boxes of books weighing up to 40 pounds. This position consistently communicates with coworkers and others and observes, inspects, and assesses manuscripts, exhibition text, storyboards for interactive media, and other similar materials.